Mormon member of record only

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What exactly does that mean? I have recently come across this term and don’t understand what it is. Are there people out here who are familiar with it and can explain it to me?

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Born into LDS family, but not baptized at age eight. Remember that they count everyone they can.
 
MomblessedX3 said:
Oh…okay thanks.
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It actually means someone who is on the records but doesn’t attend church and has no involvement in the lds church. But the phrase is vague and can mean other things too unless the context is explained.
 
why_me said:
With every post you make you attempt to take a jab at the lds church. Sad, isn’t! 😦
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I am not sure that this is a jab. All religious groups count anyone that they can. Even the Catholic Church keeps you on role until you write your bishop to be removed.
 
How do I close this thread? I asked this question wanting a factual response. I didn’t want it to become anything negative.
I appreciate the responses I recieved but there is nothing here to debate. It has served its purpose.
 
MomblessedX3 said:
How do I close this thread? I asked this question wanting a factual response. I didn’t want it to become anything negative.
I appreciate the responses I recieved but there is nothing here to debate. It has served its purpose.
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I don’t think you got a factual response. A “member of record” is someone who was blessed as an infant in church and therefore a “record” was produced. However, a child who is not baptized by the age of nine, ceases to be a “member of record.” So, it means someone who had an ordinance performed who is younger than 9 years old.

Alma
 
Alma147 said:
I don’t think you got a factual response. A “member of record” is someone who was blessed as an infant in church and therefore a “record” was produced. However, a child who is not baptized by the age of nine, ceases to be a “member of record.” So, it means someone who had an ordinance performed who is younger than 9 years old.

Alma
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from the lds technology forum for ward clerks:

“…a child of record (that is he or she was the child of at least one member and was blessed as a child). The policy is that we keep these records (even though they were never baptized) until these persons are 18 years old. Then, with the permission of the stake president, the bishop may direct the clerk to cancel the record.”

So, it is not an automatic action at 9 yrs old. Or even 18 years old, as there are other posts in the same forum from people who have found “member of record” records in their ward database for adults (one was 62 years old).
 
RebeccaJ said:
from the lds technology forum for ward clerks:

“…a child of record (that is he or she was the child of at least one member and was blessed as a child). The policy is that we keep these records (even though they were never baptized) until these persons are 18 years old. Then, with the permission of the stake president, the bishop may direct the clerk to cancel the record.”

So, it is not an automatic action at 9 yrs old. Or even 18 years old, as there are other posts in the same forum from people who have found “member of record” records in their ward database for adults (one was 62 years old).
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Is there a way that a person could be a member of record and not have ever been blessed in the mormon church?
 
MomblessedX3 said:
Is there a way that a person could be a member of record and not have ever been blessed in the mormon church?
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That same forum indicates that spouses of members are in the Mormon member database file, as an “administrative record” or “local temporary non-member record”. According to someone on that forum, these records are not supposed to be there unless the non-member spouse has given permission.
 
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